SAN FRANCISCO—Pink and White Productions will provide an extensive selection of BDSM-themed adult movies through its streaming platform PinkLabel.TV to online attendees of the popular Folsom Street Fair, hosted by Margaret Cho on Sunday, Sept. 27. The initiative comes under a partnership with the virtual event's organizers, Folsom Street Events.
The event runs from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. at www.FolsomStreetFair.org.
The BDSM and fetish offerings spanning the 1970s through today are in keeping with the popular leather and fetish event, the company said in its announcement. The curated selection is meant to appeal to porn history scholars and kinky voyeurs alike, and will be available to rent a la carte, or to enjoy as a member along with unlimited access to hundreds of independent adult titles.
The collection includes works from fetish filmmaker Maria Beatty, Academy of SM Arts educator Cleo DuBois, BDSM educator Eve Minax and International Ms Bootblack 2008 title-holder Q Tip, as well as Michelle Handelman's documentary Bloodsisters. Glimpse at San Francisco gay life in the '70s with Arthur J. Bressan Jr.’s Forbidden Letters and Peter Berlin in Nights in Black Leather, both depicting iconic San Francisco landmarks. Contemporary works include Aorta Films, Pandora Blake, Foxhouse and titles like Bonus Hole Boys’ Dore Alley Daddy, Tribute by Max Disgrace, Toni Karat’s FagDyke Cruising, and new release Instict, a queer art porn exploring cruising across gender expressions.
The Folsom Street Events board of directors and staff announced in April plans for a virtual worldwide festival in response to COVID-19.
“We feel it is the ethical and the responsible choice to make before fair planning and production proceeds any further,” said Interim Executive Director Angel Adeyoha. “The safety and wellbeing of our attendees and community members are our top priority. It was a hard decision to cancel our in-person events this year, but we hold ourselves and our events to the highest safety standards. Our team of staff and board members take their responsibility to our communities incredibly seriously.”
“I know the cancellation of in-person celebrations of the Folsom Street Fair and Up Your Alley is disappointing, but it is best for the health and safety of everyone involved,” said Mayor London N. Breed in a statement to the SF Examiner. “I want to thank Folsom Street Events for their careful consideration of the current situation, and for making a decision that is in the best interest of public health but still allows people to celebrate virtually.”
This year marks the 37th year of Folsom Street Fair. Combined, FSE’s Folsom Street Fair and Dore Alley events draw hundreds of thousands of fairgoers from around the globe—with Folsom Street Fair reportedly being the largest leather festival of its kind in the world—generating more than $200 million in local business, and doubling as fundraising funnels for San Francisco-based nonprofits.
Featuring DJs, live music, shopping and education with exhibitors, BDSM demos, adult films and more, the groundbreaking virtual Folsom Street Fair aims to champion and celebrate sex-positivity and sense of community—safely from behind a screen.
The festival is on Twitter @FolsomStEvents and Instagram @folsomstreetevents. Follow PinkLabel.TV at @PinkLabelTV on Twitter and Instagram.
For more information, visit www.FolsomStreetFair.org or PinkLabel.TV.
